David: let everyone know this: you are nothing short of a miracle worker. Not only did you help with the voice replacing, you also helped so much with the mix, and also corrected some of my actual musical writing mistakes. Examples: you changed the beginning (for the better), you helped with the ending (for the better), you changed the pitches of the duet voices (for the better), you pared down the orchestration in the "so he/she walks away once more / from his/her loved one's open door" sections (for the better), etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. You, of all people, should not be thanking me - it is I that have nothing but thanks for you for such amazing work. If the song is any good, now, a real huge chunk of that is due to you.
Alan: thanks. I gave a rough precious stone to David, he polished it. Glad you like the song ... hope all is good with you and yours

Thanks so much for, as it were, "stopping by"

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